Laurens family

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American family South Carolina family person political family

The Laurens family is a prominent South Carolina family of the colonial and early American period, known for its influential roles in politics, commerce, and the Revolutionary War.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Laurens family of South Carolina 1
Henry Laurens 0
John Laurens 0

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American family ⓘ
South Carolina family ⓘ
person ⓘ
political family ⓘ
activeDuring American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonial period ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mepkin Plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear 1724 ⓘ
1754 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathYear 1782 ⓘ
1792 ⓘ
economicActivities Atlantic trade ⓘ
indigo planting ⓘ
rice planting ⓘ
hasNotableMember Eleanor Laurens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Laurens NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Laurens NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Laurens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martha Laurens Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
slaveholding ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
knownFor commercial activities in the Atlantic world ⓘ
participation in the American Revolution ⓘ
political influence in South Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn South Carolina ⓘ
memberOf Laurens family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurens family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurens family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurens family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurens family NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant colonel ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for arming enslaved people in exchange for freedom ⓘ
imprisonment in the Tower of London ⓘ
leadership in the American Revolution ⓘ
service as aide-de-camp to George Washington ⓘ
occupation diarist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
religious writer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Combahee River, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld President of the Continental Congress ⓘ
Vice President of South Carolina ⓘ
spouse David Ramsay NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eleanor Ball Laurens → partOf → Laurens family ⓘ
Martha Laurens Ramsay → memberOf → Laurens family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurens family of South Carolina
Mary Eleanor Laurens → notableFamily → Laurens family ⓘ